Putting Glass Walls on Georgia Slaughterhouses
So We Can See Behind Closed Doors
FPL Foods, LLC

This letter provides official notification and confirms verbal
notification provided to you by [redacted] on July 16, 2013, at
approximately 1200 hours, of the Food Safety and Inspection Service
(FSIS) intent to suspend the assignment of inspection program
personnel for the slaughter process at your establishment located at
1301 New Savannah Rd., Augusta, GA 30901, for failure to effectively
implement humane methods of slaughtering and handling of animals in
a manner that complies with the regulatory requirements prescribed
by the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) and Humane Methods of
Slaughter Act (HMSA), as outlined below. Title 9 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (9 CFR), part 500.3(b) states that FSIS may
impose a suspension without providing prior notification because the
establishment is handling or slaughtering animals inhumanely.